(Editor's note: I originally published this article in January of 2014, but much, if not all, of the info contained here-in is still very relevant.)

The powers-that-be seek control over code. They aim to control our language (lingual code), our laws (legal code), our technology (source code), and, more recently, even our genome (biological code). Why they do so is a fascinating, but complex, topic, that is outside the scope of this blog, however, I would like to talk a little about...